Hector Sanchez

RotoWire News: Sanchez (hamstring) is listed as an available bench player for the Giants in Sunday's Cactus League game against the Rockies, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. (3/18/2018)

Profile: For reasons that are still a bit murky, Sanchez became Barry Zito's and Tim Lincecum's personal catcher in 2012. Buster Posey undoubtedly needed extra days off from catching in the season after his horrific leg injury. But Posey's "off days" often resulted in him playing first base, which resulted in Sanchez catching two out of every five Giants games. Putting aside Sanchez's defensive weaknesses -- and there are many -- his bat had no place in that many games. He posted an empty .280/.295/.390 in 227 plate appearances. Look at the on-base percentage. He drew five walks all season. Five. But strikeouts were plentiful, leading to a 22.9% strikeout rate. Don't look for Sanchez to provide much fantasy value in 2013. (Wendy Thurm/@hangingsliders)

The Quick Opinion: Sanchez got some high-profile plate appearances as the designated hitter for the Giants in the world series, but his bat -- and his glove -- has too many holes to be relied upon as anything other than a deep-league second fantasy catcher at most.

Profile: The double-edged sword that faces the Giants -- giving Buster Posey less time behind the plate means giving Hector Sanchez more time behind it. He's a one-category contributor and relies on batting average on balls in play fluctuation to produce in that category. Your fantasy team is better off leaving an injured player in the roster spot than swapping said player out for Sanchez. (Jason Collette)

The Quick Opinion: Your fantasy team is better off leaving an injured player in the roster spot than swapping said player out for Sanchez.

Profile: More people know what a Dirty Sanchez is than what a Hector Sanchez is. He's potentially Buster Posey's backup, that's what he is. And now with rookie Andrew Susac on the way, we're not even sure he's that. (Brett Talley)

Profile: After spending his entire career to this point in San Francisco, Sanchez signed with the White Sox this offseason. With Alex Avila, Dioner Navarro, and Rob Brantly ahead of him on the depth chart, he may not see any major league work, much less fantasy relevant work. (Brett Talley)

Profile: Sanchez played in 56 total major league games over the last two seasons, and he's not on the Padres' 40-man roster. San Diego needs to keep Rule 5 pick Luis Torrens in the majors all year. He's not remotely ready for major league action, which means that prospective uber-utilityman Christian Bethancourt will soak up the backup catcher playing time behind Austin Hedges. With three catchers already on the 25-man, Sanchez will hold down the fort in Triple-A. (Scott Strandberg)

The Quick Opinion: Hector Sanchez will not be fantasy relevant in 2017. How's that for a hot take?

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